The Donkey and the King by Lorilyn Roberts - Great Children's Story...Plus...

Many of you know I lost a completed book review this week, so I went ahead with others until I could work on it again...While I waited to again be in the right frame of mind, I decided to get this book to read. 

Not only is this a great book for children, but it also introduces the animals from the Seventh Dimension! And tells us about meeting the King!

It's a great prelude to The Door, which is coming next... Reminded me of long ago when, when you went to a movie, you got to see a cartoon prior to the main feature! LOL Except this one is directly related to the upcoming story...

Baruch became a Child of the King!

And so did the other animals in the book! I loved it!

Let's Find out More!

The Donkey and the King:

A Story of Redemption

By Lorilyn Roberts

Illustrated by Linda S. DiFranco

Baruch was unhappy living where he was and working as he did...He was missing something and sure would like not to have to  carry somebody else's burdens all the time...So he decided to leave... But Baruch was well liked and his friend's tried to get

him to stay home.

 Much Afraid, a brown and white crippled dog, followed close behind. “Please don’t go,” she cried.

“I’ll miss you,” grunted Lowly the pig, “and all the fun times we had together.”

~~~

But all Baruch could think about was how free he would be and that he wouldn't have chores everyday...

He was going--he had to--but he said someday he'd be back to see them... 

Many of us lose our way due to problems that arise or feelings we have that we believe cannot be discussed even with parents or friends... We may be facing somebody who is a bully when we get to school. Or, maybe the classes are presenting problems--mine was learning higher math--and you know your teacher won't help... Sometimes you just feel like you are all alone and nobody cares...But wait somebody was here!

It was dark when he left. It didn't take long before he was rethinking what he'd done. It was cold and he wondered what he'd eat now that he was away from his regular meals. Finally, tired and hungry, he found a cave where he could spent the night. It was a little warmer, and he tried to sleep... 



That's what happened with Baruch. But, you know what? Before the night was over, somebody had come to see him, there is that cave...

Out of nowhere, a white sheep poked her head around the corner. “Can I help you? It looks like you need a friend.”

“My name is Baruch and I’m lost.” 
“I can see that,” said the sheep. 
“My name is Little. I was sent to find you.”
“To find me?” Baruch asked.
 “You don’t even know me.”
 “That’s true,” said Little. “But the King knows you.”
 “The King? He knows me?” 
“That’s right,” the sheep said.
~~~

How cool it was to have somebody tell Baruch that somebody loved him...and, guess, what, he loves all of us! And that's why I'm highly recommending this to all of you who have children or small relatives who may not know that the King loves them!

Now I'm not going any further with the story, but I can't help but share just one more of the pictures in the book! It is soooo precious, don't you think?

He placed His hand on the donkey’s head. “I love you,” the King said.~~~

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Lorilyn Roberts is an award-winning Christian author who writes for the young and the young at heart.
When not writing books, Lorilyn provides closed captioning for television.

Lorilyn is a single mother by choice. She adopted her two daughters from Nepal and Vietnam. Read her Amazon best-selling memoir, Children of Dreams, endorsed by New York Times best-selling author Jerry Jenkins, and be inspired.

Lorilyn has been a speaker at various events and functions, including women’s groups, adoption support groups, and writer workshops. She is the former president of the Gainesville Chapter of Word Weavers International.

Lorilyn has appeared on many radio and television shows, including WATC 57 Friends & Neighbors out of Atlanta, Georgia, and Discovery Channel’s Monsters Inside Me related to increasing awareness of parasitic infections in international adoption.

Lorilyn is also the founder of the John 3:16 Marketing Network, a network of Christian authors.

Lorilyn has also been involved with the charitable organization Child Hope International bringing Christian books to the orphans of Nepal. She has coordinated the donation of over two hundred books from John 3:16 authors to prisoners at the Wakulla Correctional Institute in Tallahassee, Florida, and she has donated many copies of her award-winning devotional book, "Am I Okay, God" to Created Gainesville, a charitable organization that ministers to women involved in the sex trafficking trade.


Seventh Dimension Series:

Seventh Dimension - The Door, Book 1 (free on Kindle)
Seventh Dimension - The King, Book 2
Seventh Dimension - The Castle Book 3
Seventh Dimension - The City Book 4

Seventh Dimension - Am I Okay, God? (companion book to The Door)

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http://LorilynRoberts.com 
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Have a Merry Christmas with The 3 Monkeys in Christmas Treehouse!

One morning a package was delivered to The Three Monkeys Treehouse! It was full of things they'd never seen before, but soon learned that they were to brighten up their home with a Christmas Tree! But these Three Monkeys, named, for Booey, Fooey and Hooey, lived in the jungle! Where would they find a Christmas Tree? This first story tells what they did to find a tree!

“What’s a Christmas tree?” asked Fooey. 

For, you see, the three monkeys

 lived way in the Jungle.

 They saw a lot of trees there,

 all kinds of trees. 

But a Christmas tree?

~~~

They looked and looked, finding a Banana Tree, and other trees that grew in their jungle but they couldn't find any that seemed right...until...


Christmas Treehouse

By Rob Natiuk

The ingenuity of the author in creating a series about The 3 Monkeys is simply outstanding. Although this is the first I've read, there are four other books with a general theme--this one called Christmas Treehouse. This book has 4 monkey tales: The Christmas Tree Hunt, Joyful Jungle Bells, Grandpa Monk and Sunny Paws, and Laughter the Day After. 

All of the stories are created for interactive respo with a reader asking questions! One of them asks the reader to laugh like a hyena, for instance! But the part I enjoyed the most was that familiar Christmas songs have new words--suitable for the animals in the jungle! For instance, Jingle Bells becomes Monkey Bells in "Joyful Jungle Bells."

In this story, Three Monkeys also learned about the real meaning of Christmas... At first, they had heard about the Christmas tree and singing songs and how you would open presents from under the tree. Soooo, they had all gone to town to buy presents for their best friends--themselves! But before they got home, something changed. Can you guess what they did?

Monkey bells!   

Monkey bells—

monkey bells— 

Monkeys all the way. 

Oh, we’ll monkey all around 

Like circus clowns all day.  

 Monkey bells— monkey bells—

 Monkeys all the way.

 Oh, we’ll monkey all around 

Like circus clowns all day.

!!!

They also sang another song, with new words to be learned! Because Rudolph lived in the North Pole instead of the jungle... So they used the same tune they were just singing and told about monkeys!

“Dashing through the trees, 

Swinging vine to vine. 

Red-nosed monkeys everywhere

 Are doing mighty fine 

Swinging vine to vine.”

!!!

And with the Rudolph tune, they tell about Sunny Paws who, by the way, leaves a rotten banana to monkeys who have been bad...

Sunny Paws the green-eared monkey

 Had two very cheery ears. 

They were just like cucumbers, 

Making many monkeys cheer.

I thought the way of converting things children already know into a totally different setting was very clever and not only a learning experience about those animals, because readers will be meeting many different friends of the Three Monkeys, who live in the jungle, but also such fun to have different words to sing to familiar tunes...  But none more strange than Sunny Paws! And his, ah, zebras... Oh, Yeah, I figured Sunny Paws probably had elves too! Don't you think?

And then Booey, the little girl monkey started to sing a solo! And it was about Sunny Paws! Can you guess who Sunny Paws was for The Monkeys?!!

Here comes Sunny Paws! 

Here comes Sunny Paws! 

Right by treetops high

White stripes on black

 And black stripes on white 

His zebras fly on by. 

Hoofs are kicking, 

wheels a’clicking

 Oh so merry delight! 

Hug your blankets and get all sleepy

 ‘Cause Sunny Paws comes tonight!

~~~

The book takes readers from hunting for a Christmas tree all through the holiday right up to New Year's Day and when Resolutions were Made! What resolutions will you make? 

If you're looking for a Christmas book that is totally different from others, do check this one out... I loved the new songs especially, but children will also be learning about Christmas and how different other people may celebrate a similar holiday. Highly recommended!

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I've learned a few things in my 70-plus years. And I'm still being bonked on the head with new experiences.

They say you don't really learn anything wise until you teach it to someone else. I've been a teacher...and a farmer...a stenographer...a restaurant dishwasher...a writer in many fields...but I've never been retired! That, of course, is entirely my fault and not Mr. Obama's!

I have a most lovely and loving wife, Martha. Three grown children. Five grandchildren. A cat. They all give me moments of humor and wisdom.

So I'll ramble about those experiences too.

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